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Pointing fingers over
train derailment
The blame game has begun in Quebec
while investigators search for causes of
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Rivers could
be closed for
the season
Hazard. Elbow River
flowing at normal rate,
but Bow still three
times typical flow
Jeremy
nolais

jeremy.nolais@metronews.ca

Paddlers and rafters anxious
to get back on Calgary’s rivers may be out of luck for
weeks — or possibly even
the entire summer.
Water flow in the Bow
river remains extremely
high, running at three
times what it typically
would at this time of year
— and continued rainfall
is posing additional challenges, according to Bruce
Burrell, director of Calgary
Emergency
Management
Agency.
“As long as there’s rain
upstream in the Bow River
basin and the flows stay as
high as they are, it’s just a
waiting game,” he said Monday.
“I would project it’s going be a few weeks, anyway,
then we’ll know better.”
No access to water
equals huge revenue loss
for paddling groups offering lessons, certification

Skilled boaters

• Some paddle enthusiasts, including Alberta
Whitewater Association
executive director Chuck
Lee, believe the city is
being too cautious.
• “We have members
that are quite capable
of being on the water
once the flood stage has
passed by,” he said. “We
respect what the city is
doing, but at the same
time we’re ready to be
on the water.”

courses and other on-water
activities, according to Dan
Grassick with the Rocky
Mountain Paddling Centre.
Even flat-water areas
near certain city parks are
inaccessible as they were
heavily damaged in the
late-June flooding, and consistent rainfall has led city
crews to significantly drain
an irrigation canal used by
paddlers near the Bow Waters Canoe Club, Grassick
said.
He added that only the
Old Man River, Milk River
and portions of the Red
Deer River are available for
use in southern Alberta.

“Certainly there will be
staff layoffs and it will be
a year of financial hurt,”
Grassick said. “We have just
been cancelling, cancelling,
cancelling our lessons.... It’s
been a summer of no business pretty much.”
Even once the water levels fall, crews will have to
assess what dangers lurk
beneath, Burrell said, not to
mention the fact that heavy
erosion in certain areas has
literally changed the makeup — and potentially the
behaviour — of city waterways.
“You get sand bars, gravel bars, where there used to
be nothing,” Burrell said,
adding water turbidity is
also a concern. “We’ve got
a lot of trees that have been
uprooted to the point that
they’re leaning into the
river. There’s a lot of work
that’s going to have to be
done on the river that can’t
be done right now because
the flows are too high.”
When asked if that
means Calgary’s rivers may
be a no-go zone for the
rest of the summer, Burrell
didn’t rule out the
possibility.
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$349K for
flood relief.
Downtown
parking back
to normal —
sort of

ROBSON FLETCHER/METRO

Norma Stark admits finding a place to park near her Erlton suite has been difficult since her respective parkade flooded. Now, Stampede attendees are making
the situation even more frustrating, she said. JEREMY NOLAIS/METRO

Victims lament Stampedegoers parking in flood zones
Crisis fallout.
Underground lots
remain submerged
in many communities
Residents still cleaning out
and rebuilding their flooded
homes near the Calgary Stampede grounds are pleading with
revellers to steer their vehicles
clear of the area.
In Erlton, Glenna Cross and
hundreds of others staying in
both River Grande Estates and
The Waterford, both of which
are a five-minute jaunt from
the Stampede, have been displaced from their respective
parkades, which remain partially underwater.
As a temporary measure

residents have been granted
on-street parking permits and
signs have been put up advising non-residents to stay away,
but Cross said a lack of enforcement has allowed many Stampede attendees to roam free in
hopes of avoiding a pricey parking fee.
“Nobody’s on the gates, nobody monitors them, nobody
checks the passes,” she said.
“We were already going to be
screwed for parking.... I personally have seen dozens and
dozens of Stampede-goers circling, looking for parking and
then taking one of precious few
spots.”
The Calgary Parking Authority (CPA) did relax enforcement
during the height of the flood
crisis but returned to normal
operations Monday, according

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to general manager Troy McLeod.
He conceded it’s still difficult
to determine which vehicles
parked in Erlton and nearby
Mission belong to people aiding
with flood waste-hauling and
cleanup.
“At this point, we’re really
just trying to gain compliance
and get these areas back to normal as far as on-street parking
operations go,” he said, adding
the authority generally cracks
down on both areas during
Stampede anyway.
Norma Stark hopes roving
CPA vehicles means she’ll have
more space to legally park in
the coming days.
“You just make the best of
it,” she said. “That’s all you really can do.” JEREMY NOLAIS/METRO,

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Downtown parking returned
to normal Monday — for the
most part — with the typical
fees back in place and the
funds flowing to the Calgary
Parking Authority, rather than
flood relief.
“We’ve collected just over
$349,000 in surface lot and
on-street revenues that’s going
to be donated to flood-relief
efforts,” CPA customer-service
and communications manager
Shelley Trigg said.
Most downtown CPA parkades have resumed normal
operations, Trigg added, with
the notable exception of the
Civic Plaza Parkade, which
remains closed indefinitely
due to major flood damage.
Private parkades beneath
many downtown condos also
remain inaccessible due to
flood damage, and the parking
authority plans to continue
offering affected residents free
evening parking at nearby surface lots or temporary resident
passes for on-street parking in
adjacent neighbourhoods.
“We’ll continue to work
with those affected directly;
however, all the other ParkPlus operations will continue
as normal,” CPA general manager Troy McLeod said.
Affected condos are mostly
located in Chinatown and the
East Village, he added, but also
include two in the west end of
downtown.
“Some have alternate parking arranged and some do not,
so we’re just trying to work
with everybody’s needs and
accommodate those who have
no place to put their vehicle,”
McLeod said.

Temporary permits

• Parking struggles in Erlton caught the attention
of area Ald. Gian-Carlo
Carra, who told Metro on
Monday he was advocating for a “full shutdown”
of non-resident parking
in the area.
• To receive a temporary
permit for Erlton or Mission, residents can head
to the Calgary Parking Authority office at 620–9th
Ave. S.W. or call 403-5377000. General manager
Troy McLeod said passes
have been sent by courier
to those unable to get to
the office.

Calgary’s wild-west tech scene
In Day 2 of our series on the city’s booming startup scene, we look at a couple who went from basement to boardroom
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Tired of working out of their
basement, tech entrepreneurs Christian and Victoria
MacLean decided to stop complaining and do something
about it.
The couple have been involved in the tech scene for
most of their adult lives, but
it wasn’t until a few years ago
that they realized there was an
entire community in Calgary
that was just like them.
“At the time, it felt like there
was nothing in between us in
our basement and San Francisco,” Victoria says. “We’d go
to these conferences and these
events in San Francisco, Vancouver, wherever, and we’d actually meet other Calgary startups. That’s when we started to
realize that there was a whole
community here, but we didn’t
know each other.”
The pair took action in
2010, launching Startup Calgary, an organization dedicated
to bringing that community of
entrepreneurs together and assisting them in launching their
technology businesses.
“There’s so much you have
to learn, and quickly, that having that acceleration through
mentorship and connection
is really, really key,” Christian
says.
Three years later, the
MacLeans have worked those
connections and dived headfirst into their latest endeavour.
BeauCoo was born out of Victoria’s own frustrations shopping for plus-size clothing.
“I would go to malls and
have really negative and emotional experiences when I
couldn’t find clothes,” she says.
“I ended up turning to the Internet, as any smart woman
would do. I realized I wasn’t
alone on this issue and this is a
very common thing.”
BeauCoo is a network of

Other Alberta-born tech startups on their way up

1

Husband-and-wife duo Christian and Victoria MacLean are the masterminds behind BeauCoo, a Calgary startup
looking to make fashion more accessible for plus-size women. Katie Turner/metro
Up to the challenge?

• In conjunction with
Startup Calgary, Metro has
launched a monthly app
challenge.
• Local startups are looking
for feedback and you can

women who share photos, tips
on what clothing looks good on
their body types and form connections with others.
Last fall, BeauCoo received
a $1.1-million investment
from angel investor and fellow
Calgary entrepreneur Brad
Zumwalt.
“They’re going after a very

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big space in the market,” Zumwalt says. “We’re confident
that it could turn into a good
investment.”
Christian describes BeauCoo as Instragram meets ModCloth. “This is one of those
really interesting problems
that can benefit from the application of a little bit of technol-

ogy,” he says.
Available online at BeauCoo.com as well as in app form
for iPhones and Android, the
MacLeans plan to take BeauCoo to the next level in the
coming months. “We’re going
to be working with brands.
Then, beyond that, we’re going to manufacture our own
clothes,” Victoria says.
Even as their business grows
well beyond the confines of
their basement, the couple say
they plan to stay in Calgary.
“We get the question all the
time: ‘How do we become the
next Silicon Valley?’ We don’t.
We become Alberta,” Christian
says. “This is our home and
where we plan to grow our
business.”

Starting up at Startup Weekend
Those looking to cram
months, or even years, of
work into a few days need
look no further than Startup
Weekend.
The three-day event, running in Calgary from July 12
to 14 at Mount Royal University, aims to accelerate entrepreneurs from the idea stage
to a full-blown product, organizer Lloyed Lobo says.
Startup Weekend is a
worldwide event that Lobo

says has produced some
100,000 entrepreneurs. “It’s
the largest startup organization in the world,” he says.
The Calgary event is accepting about 100 participants
who will pitch technologybased ideas (anything from
apps to radioactive pants,
Lobo says) on the Friday. The
top 10 to 12 ideas as selected
by the group will then break
off and form teams of developers and marketers.

We’ll tech you there

To learn more about how
to get involved in Calgary’s
tech-startup scene, check
out Wednesday’s Metro.

“They build software that
people can use. They do all
the Twitter, the Facebook, the
marketing and they launch it
by Sunday,” Lobo says.

The teams then pitch to a
panel of investors and community leaders, and the winners get a variety of prizes
that range from co-working
space to the chance to present
their ideas at various events.
“You’re really getting the
whole nine yards in three
days.”
For more information or to
register, go to Calgary.startupweekend.org.
katie turner/metro

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3
1

Tinyplots

4

Calgary green thumbs can learn how to grow food
through this online platform that hosts how-to videos,
available at tinyplots.com. The creators, among them
instructor Jordan Brown, are also hosting an in-person
intro course this summer for 70 students.

2

FastCab

Created by Jeff Doepker to address Calgary’s taxi
issues, FastCab lets users “e-hail” a cab by downloading
an app, confirming their location and waiting for a
response from one of several city-approved taxis.

3

PetroFeed

Sort of like a social network for oil and gas, founder Ashley Dunfield says PetroFeed represents wells,
pipelines and companies instead of personal profiles in
an effort to make things more efficient for the industry.
PetroFeed has received more than $3 million for earlystage development and Dunfield says the network has
already had interest from investors.

4

StrokeLink

After working as a kinesiologist in brain-injury
rehab, Morgan Moe was inspired to create this mobile
app that allows therapists to create customized programs for patients for their rehabilitation following a
stroke. katie turner/metro

NEWS

metronews.ca
Tuesday, July 9, 2013

05

Province to follow up on GuZoo video claims
Roadside attraction.
The controversial zoo,
which opened in 1990,
has had its licence
revoked before and
later reinstated
Provincial officials are “following up” on new photos
and videos that surfaced on
Monday that are fuelling

criticism of Alberta’s roadside
GuZoo.
Carrie Sancartier, spokesperson for Alberta Sustainable Resource Development,
said it’s too early to determine if the zoo, which had its
licence revoked in 2011, and
then reinstated under strict
guidelines, violated operating
procedures.
“It is our expectation that
GuZoo will meet conditions
of its zoo permit and our
wildlife legislation,” she said.

“We are going to follow up
and find out as much as we
can about the video and go
from there.”
Metro first reported Sunday on the new footage and
photos of the controversial
zoo, which opened in 1990.
It appeared to show filth in
birdcages, maggots in food
left in a cage with domestic
cats and at least four animal
carcasses stacked in with
other trash.
The Council of Concerned

Albertans for Animal Welfare
and Public Safety, which provided the items to Metro, said
they came from an anonymous source. The images have
reignited calls on the province to shut down the zoo,
which houses 400 domestic
and exotic animals.
On Sunday, GuZoo owner
Lynn Gustafson said he felt
violated, alleging four breaches of privacy at the site in the
past two months. But Monday, as thousands flocked on-

line to criticize the facility, he
appeared to up the ante.
“Domestic terrorists is
what they are,” he said. “The
government has six months
to do something about this
group, or I will shut my gates
to the public. It will be for my
family and my friends.”
Three Hills RCMP received
a complaint of trespassing
at GuZoo on Monday, Const.
Rob Harms confirmed.
jeremy Nolais/Metro, With files
from The Canadian Press

GuZoo is near Three Hills, Alta.
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Albertans for Animal Welfare and Public
Safety

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Albertans ‘cowboy it
up’ on Amazing Race
As the only two born-andraised Albertans on the inaugural season of Amazing Race
Canada, Jamie Cumberland
and Pierre Cadieux felt a little
additional stress.
The duo are best friends
who met 15 years ago
through the Alberta Rockies
Gay Rodeo Association, and
were big fans of the Amazing
Race.

When they found out
about the Canadian version
coming to CTV this year, Cadieux said he immediately received an excited phone call
from Cumberland.
“It was always a dream,
so we thought why not put
our names in the hat and see
what happens,” Cadieux said.
Cadieux, 38, lives in Innisfail and Cumberland, 47, lives

in Airdrie. Of the nine teams,
only one other contestant
lives in Alberta.
“We were truly the most
western-looking. We were
cowboy-ed up the entire
time,” Cumberland said. “If
we let ourselves get caught
up in that, it was actually
quite daunting to think we
were representing everyone
in Alberta.” Katie Turner/metro

Is this the right channel?

Kingkade jumps to
News Talk 770
Familiar X929 morning host
Roger Kingkade will join
Eryn Kelly as the new morning team on News Talk
770 later this summer.
Kingkade replaces Dave
Rutherford, who was planning to retire at the end
of July, but was let go last
month after on-air remarks
about his company’s
handling of Calgary flood
coverage. Metro

Billy Powers case.
Psychiatric assessment
ordered for accused
A man accused of killing a
former Calgary sportscaster
and his wife has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric assessment.
Derek Puffer, 35, had a
bandage on his head when he
briefly appeared in court on
Monday.
The lawyer representing
him just for the day told the

court there was “some concern” about his fitness to
stand trial.
Puffer is charged with
second-degree murder in the
deaths of Billy Powers and his
wife, Donna Lee.
The couple were found
stabbed to death in their bed
in their home on Thursday.
the canadian press

Meet Gord Stewart, the man
who will oversee Calgary’s
flood recovery for the next
several months — at least
— and possibly as long as a
year.
Stewart will take a leave
from his regular position as

director of transportation
infrastructure, a job that involved co-ordinating major
projects such as the west LRT
and airport tunnel.
“He has enormous expertise in managing large and
complex projects,” Mayor Naheed Nenshi said Tuesday, as
he introduced Stewart as the
city’s new director of recovery operations.
Stewart said his new job
will involve less major construction and more assessment, prioritization and
planning.
“It’s not so much building, it’s organizing and having a plan to go forward,” he
said. “There will be construction aspects to it but they
won’t be the critical items.”

One of the biggest challenges, Stewart added, will
be figuring out not only
which city assets need to be
rebuilt, but to what degree
they should be upgraded to
be more resilient to future
flooding and other threats.
“How much do we enhance those things to meet
the modern standards, and
how do we work that into
our budgeting?” he said.
While the provincial and
federal governments have
promised recovery funds,
Nenshi said the city will need
to cover some share of the
cost from its own resources.
“It would be very foolish
to assume that the city will
get out of this without paying a penny,” he said.

TD Insurance says it will
cover sewer-backup claims
As dozens of Calgarians organized to publicly call out TD Insurance for denied claims, the
company said Monday it will
step up to help homeowners
who suffered sewer backup
during the city’s flood.
More than 75 households
in the Elbow Park, Rideau and
Roxboro communities were
“ill-informed” of their coverage from TD Insurance and
initially had sewer-backup
claims denied, according to
group organizer Steve Forrest.
Forrest invited the media

to a public meeting of community residents on Tuesday,
and said it will likely still go
ahead in spite of Monday’s
apparent about-face from the
company.
A spokesperson for TD Insurance said Monday that, because of the hardship caused
by the devastating floods, it
will pay for sewer-backup
losses within the limits of individual policies.
The move follows similar pledges made last week
by other companies, includ-

ing RBC Insurance and AMA
Insurance, which were also
called out publicly for initially denying many claims.
Forrest said he hasn’t yet
heard from his own insurance
adjustor and he’ll believe
TD’s pledge when he receives
a cheque.
A TD Insurance spokesperson said the company will
be reaching out to Alberta
customers in the coming
days.
Robson Fletcher/metro, with files
from Canadian Press

NEWS

metronews.ca
Tuesday, July 9, 2013

07

Players point fingers as town carries on
Lac-Mégantic disaster.
Rail company and the
fire service of a nearby
town blame each other
The finger-pointing has begun
in Quebec while investigators
search for causes of a devastating train derailment that has
triggered a still-rising death toll.
Statements from various

players pointed Monday to a
possible dispute about what
happened and who’s to blame.
The fire chief in Nantes,
Que., a town near the ruined
Lac-Mégantic, said he can’t believe a train was left running
and unattended in the hours
before the disaster, when it had
already just been in flames.
Patrick Lambert said his
team had been trained by the
Montreal, Maine & Atlantic railway to handle fires on its line

The two victims, Ye Mengyuan, left,
and Wang Linjia, in an undated
photo. The Associated Press

Raymond Lafontaine, who lost a son
and two daughters-in-law, hugs Maud
Verrault, who lost friends and fellow
workers. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press

We’re here
to help.

Federal accident investigators have reviewed airport
surveillance footage to see
if it showed someone being
struck by a fire truck on the
runway and found “it wasn’t
conclusive,” National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman Deborah Hersman
said.

The devastation caused by the flooding throughout Alberta has been

The Associated Press

the flood, we’re offering solutions to deal with disruptions to incomes

Egypt. Brotherhood calls
for all-out rebellion after
protest ends in 54 deaths
Egyptian soldiers and police
clashed with Islamists protesting the military coup in
bloodshed that left at least 51
protesters and three members
of the security forces dead, officials and witnesses said.
The deaths plunged the
country deeper into crisis, with
calls by the Muslim Brotherhood’s political party for all-out
rebellion against the army.
The carnage outside the
Republican Guard building
in Cairo marked the single
biggest death toll since massive protests forced President
Mohammed Morsi’s government from power.
Even before all the bodies

“The people from MMA told flates, (the brakes) will become
us, ‘That’s great — the train is ineffective and an hour or so
after the locomotive was shut
secure,’” Lambert said.
The rail company tells the down, the train rolled away,”
Burkhardt told the CBC.
story differently.
While the fire service said
Edward Burkhardt, the
president and CEO of parent it left the train in the care of a
company Rail World Inc., sug- track-maintenance employee,
gested Monday that the fire Burkhardt said it’s possible that
crew didn’t do enough — and person might not have known
that the decision to shut off the how to secure the breaks.
“Why did they not rouse the
engine to put out the fire may
engineer (from bed)?” he asked.
have disabled the brakes.
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were counted, there were conflicting accounts on how the
violence began. The pro-Morsi
protesters said the troops attacked their encampment
without provocation just after
they had performed dawn prayers. The military said it came
under a heavy assault, first by
gunmen who killed an army officer and two policemen.
Witnesses from outside the
protest camp said troops appeared to be moving to clear
the days-old sit-in and were
firing tear gas when gunfire
erupted.
More than 400 were wounded in the mayhem, officials
said. The Associated Press

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A coroner said Monday he
would not report for “at least
two or three weeks” whether
one of the two Chinese girls
who died in the Asiana Airlines plane crash in San Francisco was struck and killed by
an emergency vehicle.
San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault said
that while autopsies of the
two teens have been completed, he wants to review information from the public-safety
agencies that responded to
Saturday’s crash and audio
dispatch files before determining their causes of death.
“This is a very high-profile
case and has obviously generated a lot of attention,” Foucrault said. “I want to make
absolutely sure my conclusions are correct.”
San Francisco fire officials acknowledged that one
of their trucks may have accidentally struck one of the
two girls, who were the only
fatalities.

— and that it had fought four
fires on the company’s trains in
the last eight years.
Firefighters intervened late
Friday to put out the blaze in
Nantes, about 10 kilometres
up a slope from Lac-Mégantic.
Hours later, that same train
rolled into Lac-Mégantic and
exploded, killing at least 13 and
leaving nearly 40 more missing.
Lambert said the engine was
shut off as per standard procedure and the blaze was put out.

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Coal burning

Pollution linked to
shorter life span
in northern China
A new study links heavy air
pollution from coal burning
to shorter lives in northern
China. Researchers estimate
that the half-billion people
alive there in the 1990s will
live an average of 5.5 years
less than their southern
counterparts because they

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from China, Israel and the
breathed dirtier air.
China itself made the com- United States was published
parison possible: for decades, Tuesday in the Proceedings
of the National Academy of
a now-discontinued governSciences.
ment policy provided free
While previous studies
coal for heating, but only in
the colder north. Researchers have found that pollution
affects human health, “the
found significant differences
deeper and ultimately more
in both particle pollution of
important question is the imthe air and life expectancy
pact on life expectancy,” said
in the two regions, and said
one of the authors, Michael
the results could be used to
Greenstone, a professor of
extrapolate the effects of
environmental economics
such pollution on lifespans
at Massachusetts Institute of
elsewhere in the world.
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Severe thunderstorms
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knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of residents
across the Greater Toronto
Area, including the majority
of Mississauga, and so badly
flooded some roads and major highways that drivers
abandoned their waterlogged
vehicles.
Mississauga, a city of more
than 700,000, saw some of the
worst of the blackouts with
80 per cent of the community plunged into the dark, according to power distributor
Enersource. By around 10 p.m.,
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Environment Canada said
some parts of the GTA had been
drenched with more than 100
millimetres of rain, trouncing
the previous one-day rainfall record of 29.2 mm in 2008 for Toronto and even beating the 74.4
mm monthly average for July.
Water from flash flooding
poured out of sewer drains
while Toronto’s downtown
core was dotted with abandoned vehicles.
Drivers were not the only
ones dealing with problems
getting around after the severe
thunderstorm system hit at
about 5 p.m. All of Toronto’s
subway service was temporarily
halted due to power and signal
issues. Some stations were also
flooded. Partial service later
resumed but large parts of the
system were still shut down.

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A federal cabinet minister who
suggested his opponents were
allies of child pornographers
and saw details of his sordid divorce on social media while he
argued for increased Internet
surveillance is leaving politics.
Public Safety Minister Vic
Toews announced Monday, in
the leadup to an anticipated
cabinet shuffle, that he was resigning as MP for the Manitoba
riding of Provencher.
“I am leaving public life in
order to focus on my family and
to pursue opportunities in the
private sector,” Toews said in a
news release.
Toews, 60, was first elected
to the House of Commons in
2000. In the last federal election

in 2011, he won the seat for the
Conservatives with just over 70
per cent of the vote.
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rail commuters’ heads

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Mortgage rules

19% of first-time
homebuyers have
delayed purchase
A new BMO study suggests
roughly one in five potential first-time homebuyers have postponed their
purchase since Ottawa
tightened mortgage rules
last year. Finance Minister
Jim Flaherty introduced his
new lending rule a year ago
Tuesday. Since then, 19 per
cent of those polled by BMO
say they have decided to
wait longer to buy their first
home. The Canadian Press
Market Minute

Are the new Twinkies
a bit too well-preserved?
Ad agency BBDO Germany is testing out a new way to market products to rail passengers. When someone’s head touches a
train window, it activates an ad that uses so-called bone-conducting technology — which makes it sound as if the commercial
is playing in the passenger’s head. Istock

Germany. When a sleepy
passenger leans his head
against a window, an ad
with bone-conducting
technology is triggered
Kieron
monks

Metro World News

The European marketing world
has a new trick that may prove
difficult for people to escape —
especially those who happen to
nod off while on a train.
Ad agency BBDO Germany
has been testing a system that
transmits a message from the
windows of a train. Using socalled bone-conducting tech-

nology, the ad is activated when
a commuter’s head touches the
glass and enters their inner ear,
playing only for them.
“Passengers were pleasantly
surprised,” a spokesperson told
Metro, following trials on public transport in North Germany
with an ad for Sky Media. “It
can also be used for entertainment, weather updates and so
on.”
Similar
bone-conducting
technology is used in the forthcoming Google Glass device,
and the model could become
common if successful.
“It’s at the trial phase and
the public reaction will decide
if this takes off,” Ian Barber
of the Advertising Association told Metro. He added that
“public space is the innovative
sector” and near-field technol-

Twinkies don’t last forever, but they’ll have more staying power than
most people remember when they return to shelves next week. Hostess Brands LLC says the spongy yellow cakes will have a shelf life of 45
days when they start hitting stores again July 15. That’s nearly three
weeks longer than the 26 days that the old company — which went
out of business last year — had stated as the shelf life for Twinkies.
A spokeswoman for Hostess declined to say what changes were made
to extend the shelf life, saying that it is proprietary information.
The Associated Press

Back to parity?

• A new report from CIBC
World Markets says the
loonie should stay within
a couple of cents of
current levels for the
rest of the year, then
rebound to parity with
the U.S. greenback by
the end of 2014.

The increase in May came
mainly from the residential
sector in Ontario and the nonresidential sector in Quebec.

“It’s at the trial phase and
the public reaction will
decide if this takes off.”
Ian Barber of the Advertising Association

ogy, facial recognition and
augmented reality are all developing fast.
But reaction to the innovation has been mixed, with technology author Cory Doctorow
describing it as “nightmarish,”
while some online comments
included promises to smash
the glass.
BBDO claim the prototype
has been successful but are
waiting on customers before
announcing a roll-out date.

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Loonie rises amid strong housing data
The Canadian dollar closed
higher Monday amid data
showing surprising strength in
the Canadian housing sector in
May and a survey showing that
Canadian companies remain
cautious on investment and
hiring.
The commodity-sensitive
loonie also benefited from rising metal prices, and was up
0.07 of a cent to 94.7 cents US.
Statistics Canada reported
that building permits worth
$7.3 billion were issued in May,
up 4.5 per cent from April.
Economists had expected a
drop in the neighbourhood of
10 per cent.

DOLLAR
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Meanwhile, the Bank of
Canada’s latest survey of business intentions suggests Canadian companies are uncertain
about the pace of the economic recovery. And the survey of
100 firms indicates corporate
Canada is pulling back on their
investment plans and keeping
hiring modest.
The Bank of Canada itself
has called on business to invest
more in order to be in position
to take advantage of the global
economic recovery when it
comes. But the survey suggests that executives appear to
be saying the expansion must
come first. The Canadian Press

NARCISSISM? AT THE GYM? OBVI
how our bodies look as we go through the moveAt 27 years old, I’m finally at a place in my life
ments.
when I spend more time in sneakers than high
I have a hard time with this as I’ve always
heels. Weekends that were once spent partyhated the idea of working out in front of any sort
ing are now devoted to working off the pounds
of reflective surface. I associated mirror-gazing
I put on in my early 20s.
with iron-pumping body builders and women
Every Saturday morning I haul myself out
who put on a full face of makeup and curl their
of bed to attend a ballet barre fitness class at a
eyelashes before heading off to their morning pistudio by my apartment. The hour-long class is
lates class.
filled with impossibly beautiful women, many
But the more I work out, the more I’ve come to
of whom are trained dancers. I have all the
realize that there’s something to be said for a little
grace of a rhinoceros in comparison to these
bit of narcissism at the gym. Sure it’s vain to adelegant and toned swans but I figure as long as
SHE SAYS
mire your body while curling your biceps but hey,
I keep showing up it’s got to count for someisn’t the gym the most reasonable place to exerthing.
Jessica Napier
cise a bit of vanity?
The instructor, a sculpted goddess who almetronews.ca
If you’re spending a few hours a week working
ways looks as if she just finished a photo shoot
out, it’s not entirely unreasonable to try and look
for Shape magazine, insists that everyone
good while doing it. For me, a big part of this means investing in
watch themselves in the mirrors to ensure proper form and see

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a good workout wardrobe. I want my clothes to be high performing; but I also want them to look reasonably stylish. I know
that most exercise routines could be completed in well-worn
sweats; but throwing on an oversized T-shirt just doesn’t motivate me to sweat it out nearly as much as a colourful, racer-back
tank top.
I’ve caught some flak for my substantial collection of pastel
Nike Frees and $90 yoga pants — you’d think I signed a sponsorship agreement with my local Lululemon — but it’s petty to criticize people for incorporating a little fashion into their fitness
routine. I’d rather someone judge me on the number of push-ups
I can do in a row, not because you think my outfit is trying too
hard.
If you head to the gym on a regular basis to get in
shape, gain strength and sculpt your body, then it’s
not so objectionable to dress up
a little and check yourself out
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Firth immortalized
as Mr. Darcy from
Pride and Prejudice
It’s Colin Firth, but not as we
know him. He’s 3.7 metres tall
and made of fibreglass.
A statue of brooding Mr.
Darcy, the character played
by Firth in Pride and
Prejudice, was installed
Monday in London’s
Serpentine lake.
The figure shows Darcy

emerging from the water in a
soaked shirt, recreating a
scene from the 1995
television adaptation of Jane
Austen’s novel. The scene
helped turn Firth into a sex
symbol and is regularly voted
among Britain’s most
memorable TV moments.
One of the sculptors, Toby
Crowther, said the work took
the lake scene as a starting
point but also drew on other
depictions of Austen’s
romantic hero.

The statue, which shows
Darcy from the waist up, was
placed amid the swans and
swimmers in the Hyde Park
lake to promote Drama, a
new TV channel dedicated to
British programs.
It is scheduled to go on
display at several locations
before being installed in a
lake in Lyme Park, northwest
England, where the scene
was filmed. It will remain
there until February.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Viewers have their say

“We did a survey of
2,000 TV viewers and
the most iconic
moment was Mr.
Darcy’s emergence
from the lake and his
meeting with Miss
Bennett.”
Adrian Wills, general manager of
UKTV channel Drama,
told U.K. newspaper the Guardian.

@metropicks asked: Would you
smash a stranger’s car window to
save a dog? How about a child?
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Booking.com:

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The cautionary adage about
weaving tangled webs in
the process of deception
certainly applies to this
overwrought thriller, which
topples from the weight of
its own contrivances. This
U.S. debut by Denmark’s
Niels Arden Oplev, who
directed the original version
of The Girl With the Dragon
Tattoo, sets up a promising
scenario of rival revenge
seekers, played by Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace. The
premise gets knotted up
through a tangle of Dragon
Tattoo-style symbols, a
surfeit of characters and
subplots and a script by J.H.
Wyman (The Mexican) that
inspires snickers and eye
rolls. All bets are off when
the film resolves itself with
the big, dumb explosive
showdown.
PETER HOWELL

The Gatekeepers
Director. Dror Moreh

•••••
A monolith crumbles in
The Gatekeepers, and the
sight inspires awe. Israeli
documentarian Dror Moreh
takes us inside the Shin
Bet, his country’s internal
security service. He shines
a spotlight not just on this
shadowy operation — its
motto is The Unseen Shield
— but also on the conflicted intentions and mixed
emotions of the men who
run it. PETER HOWELL

Derek Waters admits he’s a ‘snob’ and said he was hesitant to put the Drunk History videos online. But he’s glad he did.

RICARDO TIRADO

Lots of drinking mixed
with a little thinking
Drunk History. What
started as a small
bit for a comedy act
is now an Internet
phenom and show on
The Comedy Network
NOLAN
GAWRON

Metro World News in New York

Drunk History began as a
short film for Derek Waters’
comedy act, and that’s all it
was supposed to be.
“Its only intent was to be
for a live show I was doing,”
Waters reminisces. “It was
my own show and I was trying to show videos. I figured
it was better to make people
laugh than to put it online.”

But it grew into an Internet sensation picked up by
Funny or Die and now, seven
years later, Waters and cocreator/director Jeremy Konner are bringing their Drunk
History to The Comedy Network. Waters says his initial
reluctance to even put the
videos online came from how
people used to view Internet
comedy.
“It was right when the Internet was being judged by
hits over comedy. I’m still a
snob, but I was a bigger one
back then,” he says.
“Nothing really happened
until we put it on the Internet
and it got on the front page of
YouTube and then Jack Black
saw it and said, ‘I always
wanted to be Ben Franklin.’
And that was that. You can’t
really turn down Jack Black.
Why would you?”

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imagine that the participants
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the result of unscripted excess.
“It’s 100 per cent real,”
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“The narrators are completely drunk and the re-enactors are completely sober.
We’re trying as hard as we
can to tell you about history.
It just so happens that it’s
slightly altered.”
But Konner says the narrators plan enough in advance
that they at least try to get

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Life becomes art becomes viral video
All-American Boy.
Creator of countryrock ballad about
unrequited gay
love is basking in
the video’s success
He’s a musician without a record label, a card holder without
any remaining credit. And the
gig that supplies what he calls
“food money” may now be in
jeopardy.
But after events of the last
week, Steve Grand said “I
would die a happy man today,”

and not for the reasons he’s
suddenly getting attention.
Grand’s first music video,
for his country-tinged rock
ballad All-American Boy, was
posted on YouTube last Tuesday.
By last night, it had exploded,
attracting more than 400,000
total views — nothing for topcharting videos from big-name
recording artists, but an impressive figure for one from
a complete unknown whose
only promotion has been
Internet buzz.
The video cost just $7,000,
a fraction of the major-names’
going rate, but it was a fortune
to Grand, who came up with
the entire budget himself by

maxing out his only plastic to
tell the video’s story.
All-American Boy portrays a
young gay man who misreads
signals from an apparently
straight “all-American” male
friend. On a day hanging out

with the gang, the two guys
and a girl take off in a car. She
drives, as the guys sit together
in the back, with the straight
man, at one point, falling
asleep on the gay man’s shoulder. Feeling like a third wheel,

the girl eventually angrily
drives off, leaving the two men
to pal around in the woods,
where they end up stripping
down and going skinny-dipping
— even sharing a quick kiss. Ultimately for the straight guy, it

was just all in good fun. But for
the gay man, it was something
much more significant, and he
is left dazed, confused and longing.
The story was inspired by
one of Grand’s own.
“I was a 13-year-old boy (at
camp),” noted the 23-year-old
singer-songwriter, speaking by
phone from his hometown,
Chicago. “One of my counsellors was warm and strong and
he took an interest in me — not
sexually, but as a friend, and it
really moved me. I remember
leaving with a horrible ache in
my heart.”
While All-American Boy is
told from the gay man’s perspective, Grand said he knew its
tale of unrequited love would
resonate across lines of sexuality. He’s received hundreds of
posts on YouTube, Twitter and
Facebook from viewers, both
straight and gay, saying they
understand such rejection and
heartache.
“Like I said, I would die a
happy man today,” Grand continued. “And it’s the first time
in my entire life I can say that.”
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Jennifer Aniston and Justin
Theroux stepped out together
for the first time in a month
amid rumours that their engagement has hit an impasse,
with wedding plans reportedly on hold, according to Us
Weekly. The couple — who
were engaged a year ago —
looked chipper enough while
they went out to do some
shopping in Beverly Hills on
Sunday, but sources say Aniston may be putting on a brave
face. “She has been cranky
from the stress” of wedding
planning and home renovations, a source says. “Justin’s
never seen her like this.”

Andy Dwyer, is that you?
Pratt’s new pack makes us
thankful for Instagram
Part of me:
Mayer ain’t
afraid to
croon about
Katy

Chris Pratt, who plays lovable
small-town slacker Andy on
Parks and Recreation, seemed
to be getting into method acting this year — Andy got tubbier and tubbier as the season
wore on.
Turns out it wasn’t because
of April’s awesome cooking:
Pratt was bulking up for a
role in Delivery Man. But his
next role will be a superhero
in Guardians of the Galaxy,
which requires him to bulk
up in a different way, and as
his Instagram account proves,
he’s been changing his lifestyle
accordingly (and very successfully).
“Six months no beer.

#GOTG Kinda douchey to post
this but my brother made me,”
the actor captioned the above
proud selfie. Pratt’s brother
deserves the praise of a grateful nation.
Pratt and his wife Anna
Faris are the parents of oneyear-old Jack Pratt. Not a lot of
fanfare was made about baby
Jack’s somewhat premature
appearance on Aug. 25 of last
year. Instead of appearing on
any magazine covers to showboat the news, Pratt tweeted
this message to his followers,
“It’s a boy! Thanks for all your
kind words. In lieu of gifts
we ask that you mouth kiss a
stranger.”

Twitter

@Real_Liam_Payne
•••••
Can’t even begin to remember who won
bowling... Or why I’m awake???
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with the people with the
most visibility. From Rihanna
to Miley Cyrus, misspelled
words, slang and general
grammar mistakes are more
or less the norm — but one
Brazilian English language
school is seeking to change
that.
The English school Red
Balloon, which has schools
all over Brazil, is encouraging
its young students to reach
out to their idols on Twitter,
correcting their grammar
and spelling. Tweets like “@
danielradcliffe Hi Harry Pot-

ter, I’m Gabriel from Brazil.
Your tweet has 2 mistakes in
it: ‘It has been’ and ‘amazing’” are often accompanied
by photos of the kids looking
as adorable as the entire
endeavour is.
Whether anyone is actually going to pay attention
to spelling and grammar on
Twitter, of course, remains
to be seen. Until then, the
#celebgrammarcops are at it,
though they have yet to get
any celeb replies, and celebrities have yet to take the grammar lesson to heart. Clearly.

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John Mayer is apparently done
being shy about his feelings
for Katy Perry. Before launching into the romantic tune a
Face to Call Home during the
kick-off of his summer tour
in Milwaukee, Mayer offered
an extended dedication to his
on-again, off-again girlfriend,
saying she is “more incredible
than I ever thought,” according to a fan’s YouTube video of
the concert. Mayer recounted
how Perry was by his side
while he recuperated from
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Canadians may revel in the splendours of summer — hot-weather clothing and open-toe footwear, trips to the lake or seaside, and
the no-fuss joy of outdoor cooking on the grill. But those lazy days of summer also come with a slew of health hazards, from bug
bites and burns to sore feet and serious injuries. Here are five of those summer stresses and how to avoid them.

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It seems like a simple idea — turn on the
mower and cut the grass. But each year,
thousands of North Americans are injured
performing this gardening task, sometimes seriously. From 1990 to 2006, 1,161
Canadians went to hospital emergency
departments with lawn mower-related
injuries, with roughly half of them aged
14 and under, statistics gathered by the
Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting
and Prevention Program show. With hot
weather, there’s also a tendency for people
to dress inappropriately for the job they’re
doing — mowing barefoot or wearing
open-toe sandals and skimpier clothes that
leave skin bare and vulnerable to injury.

warm
weather
pitfalls

Foot foibles
Ah, summer. Getting out of heavy winter
boots and shoes and into open-toed and
heeled footwear that makes tootsies feel
cool and light. But wearing flip-flops or
sandals can create unexpected problems.
Thin soles can put the wearer at risk for
cuts or punctures from walking over sharp
objects like nails or broken glass. More
often, such warm-weather apparel can
lead to painful, achy feet, legs and back.
Problems in the feet caused by unsupportive footwear like flip-flops can transfer up
the leg, leading to biomechanical dysfunction — and pain — in the knees, hips and
lower back. Spending hours sightseeing is
best done with a supportive walking shoe
— not a flimsy, flat- or low-heeled sandal.

Scorching sunburn

BBQ boo-boos
There are few things that say summer like
throwing steaks or burgers on the barbie.
Yet backyard grillers need to remember
it’s the food they want to sizzle, not themselves. Most serious burns occur either
because the chef lit the outdoor grill
incorrectly or used the wrong fuel, doctors
say. Whether cooking up burgers, kebabs
or hotdogs, the use of long-handled tongs
to turn the food also will help prevent
searing skin or clothing. For minor burns,
hold the area under cool (not cold) running water for 10 or 15 minutes or until
pain subsides or immerse in cool water or
use cold compresses (not ice). Cover the
burn with a sterile gauze bandage and
take an over-the-counter pain reliever. For
major burns, seek immediate emergency
medical help.

Nasty sunburns are a common injury in the
summer. With a first-degree sunburn, soothing creams such as those containing aloe
vera can help, as can cold compresses. And
the person should keep themselves wellhydrated with water or other non-alcoholic
beverages. But with more severe burns that
cause persistent redness, pain, blistering and
peeling, seek medical attention. Extremely
bad sunburns may need treatment with
corticosteroid creams. Of course, prevention is preferable, as repeated sun exposure
can give rise to serious skin diseases later in
life. Keeping exposed skin slathered with a
minimum of SPF-30 sunscreen is de rigueur
during the summer months.

Bug bites
While warm weather gets people outside,
it also brings out the creepy-crawlies like
spiders and ticks, as well as summer’s
curse on wings — blood-sucking mosquitoes — and potentially stinging bees
and wasps. As with sunburn, prevention
is the best medicine when it comes to
insect bites. There are a number of steps
to avoid mosquito chow downs, including staying indoors from dusk until dawn
when the critters are most active. Keeping
ankles covered with socks and wearing
long-sleeved pants and shirts — especially
in light-coloured fabrics — can help keep
bugs at bay. Covering exposed skin with
sprays or other topical products containing DEET can also discourage the little
biters, as can getting rid of standing water
around the home.

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Calling all herbivores! This
grilled dish is just for you
Grilled Tofu with Maple-Soy Glaze

Rose Reisman

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Grilled tofu with a tasty Asian
sauce is a great vegetarian substitute for protein.
Be sure to purchase the firm
tofu so it doesn’t break apart.
If the sauce gets too thick
just reheat it gently or add a
little more maple syrup.

1. Cut the tofu into six equal
squares.

2. Lightly coat a nonstick skillet with cooking spray and set
over medium-high heat. Sauté
the tofu for 4 minutes per side
or until lightly browned. Place

3. To make the glaze, combine
the soy sauce, maple syrup and
cornstarch in a small saucepan.
Whisk together until the cornstarch dissolves. Bring to a boil,
then reduce the heat to low and
whisk constantly for 2 minutes
or until slightly thickened.

You really ought to know the
difference between barbecuing and grilling — if only
so you can be pompous and
pedantic at your next party.
The differences involve time
and temperature: grilling
uses high heat and a quick
cook, while barbecuing is
low and slow and often with
charcoal rather than gas.
Most of us are pressed for
time and that means we grill.

surface so it doesn’t stick and
it does caramelize quickly.
• Clean, scrape and oil your
grill after and before each
use. Old food burns and
leaves a bitter taste, not to
mention potential bacteria.
• Chicken benefits from a
quick warm up in the microwave before grilling to ensure
that it doesn’t dry out before
it is cooked through.
• Fish does well on foil or a
grill pan that can go straight
to the table so you don’t leave
half of the delicate flesh on
the grill.

Mastering grilling

• Steak does better with a
quick marinade or rub, but
no salt. Salt draws moisture
from the flesh.
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• Preheat your grill to
maximum to heat the
grate fully. It doesn’t
matter what the
temperature
gauge says,
you want
your food
to hit a
redhot

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Specialist and private
nutritionist in
Toronto.
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Give kids an active (not idle) summer
With another school year
in the books, Lyne Proulx is
working to help ensure her
son’s summer down time will
be more active than idle.
Proulx, from Ottawa, said
her 14-year-old, Mathieu, will
be helping at his grandfather’s
farm as well as exploring potential volunteer activities.
Mathieu will likely attend day
camp, as he did last summer,
where he enjoyed a range of
fun-filled activities. But Proulx
said it won’t dominate his vacation time.
“He’s 14. He’s not going to
want to go all summer,” said
Proulx, founder and editor of
the Ottawa Mommy Club, a
moms and kids online magazine. “We do little getaways.
Every week there’s something
planned.” Proulx has had support from fellow parents, noting that when the kids were
in the nine-to-11 age range,
adults who were free on particular weeks would take
turns rounding up the youngsters for an activity. For parents of kids who may be too
young for a job or are seeking
an activity that’s an addition
or alternative to camp this
summer, here are three ways
to keep them engaged.

Take on a project

Get hooked on books

Lend your time

Summer can be
prime time to have
kids tackle a new,
creative challenge
­— and one that’s a
team effort. Bunch
Family founder Rebecca Brown, whose
website is devoted to
arts, news and culture
for parents, said she’s
heard of families
who team three or
four kids to take on
a collective project,
which could involve
working on coding
or creating an art
installation. “It provides some structure for kids to
spend their summer pursuing things that they’re
passionate about as a group,” said Brown, a mother
of two. Parents who may be lacking in technical
skills or expertise needn’t worry: there are plenty
of kid-targeted offerings to help guide youngsters
keen to try their hand at computer programming.
Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten
Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) Media Lab. Provided free, it’s designed for
kids aged eight to 16, allowing them to program
interactive stories, games and animations they can
then share online. Meanwhile, the Hopscotch app
offers kids an introduction to programming, permitting them to create games and animations.

Got a bookworm in the family? Brown said
parents can help create some structure
around their child’s love of reading by crafting a summer challenge, such as aiming to
finish reading a designated number of books
during their vacation. Regardless of whether
or not kids are avid readers, there are ways to
transform this typically solitary activity into
an engaging group effort. The B.C.-based Teen
Reading Club (TeenRC) lets youngsters convene online to share views on a vast range of
books from classic to contemporary fare, post
reviews and comments and share creative
projects inspired by their favourite reads.

GetInvolved.ca aims
to help simplify the
process for youngsters on the hunt for
volunteer opportunities by allowing
applicants to narrow
potential postings
based on areas of
interest and skill set.
According to the site,
summer is prime
recruitment time for
events-based opportunities, and individuals can also pursue
virtual volunteering
opportunities.
The Nature Conservancy of Canada encourages
individuals to share how Canada’s natural places
inspire them by using creative outlets such as
writing or artwork. People of all ages can sign up
to be roving reporters, submitting newspaper-style
articles, non-fiction stories, photo essays and blog
posts highlighting the work of conservation volunteers. “Not everyone can make it out into the field,
but we think that encouraging people to have a
positive experience related to nature is really a
great thing,” said Lisa McLaughlin, manager of conservation compliance with the Nature Conservancy
of Canada. “This is just one more way for people to
be engaged.”
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App-arently there’s a new way to find love ...
Swoon and Snapchat.
Phone applications
make it easier to sext,
meet people without
crafting a huge profile
and send private
photos to those who
take your fancy

anonymous until you and
another user “like” each
other and then the app allows you to chat. Although
Swoon pulls some information from your Facebook,
don’t worry, there’s no sign
on your page that you’re
using the app — just in
case you’re private about
those sorts of things. And
ladies, the maker of the app
assured me they’ve spared
no effort to attract “highquality” men.

Amber
madison

Metro World News

The case can certainly be
made that technology is
damaging our dating lives.
Facebook stalking rarely
leads to positive outcomes,
the tone of text messages
can so easily be misinterpreted and new iPhones
show exactly how long it
took you to type that witty
response. Seriously, Apple?
The good news is, some
apps out there can actually
help you. Here are two:
Swoon
It’s the first mobile dating app available on both

Snapchat
Have you been wanting
to send some nude pics,
but you’re nervous about
them living in someone’s

Swoon is like a scaled down dating site and is available on both iPhone and Android. handout

iPhone and Android, meaning a larger pool of potential mates. In case you’re
unfamiliar with the lingo,
mobile dating apps are
basically low-maintenance
online dating platforms.
Instead of having to put

together a whole profile,
Swoon links directly to your
Facebook page and pulls
photos for other users to
see. Once you’re connected,
the app lets you browse
through pictures of potential matches and presents

a count of similar interests
and mutual friends. Yes, it’s
not that much info to go
on — but as anyone who’s
struggled with putting
together a dating profile
can tell you, sometimes less
is more. Swoon is totally

phone forever? With
Snapchat (for both Android
and iPhone), the pics you
send last for 15 seconds,
then get deleted. The app
markets itself as “a new
way to share moments
with friends,” but I think
it’s pretty clearly for your
more scandalous selfies.
The slight caveat with this
app is that more tech-savvy
users can probably find
ways around the pictures’
self-destruction or even
ways to recover deleted
images. But if you’ve
gotta show some skin to
someone special, Snapchat
is definitely the safer way
to sext.

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With luck, you have a working
kid in the household this summer. An income is a wonderful thing when you’re young.
Whether it comes from mowing grass for neighbours, walking dogs, babysitting or even a
lemonade stand, earned money
is different than an allowance
bestowed by mom and dad.
What youngsters do with
those first job dollars can lay
down a lifetime pattern of saving and spending.
Let kids make mistakes,
by all means. I blew my first
dollars earned picking strawberries on candy to feed a voracious sweet tooth. But soon I
realized that saving was quite a
pleasurable experience.
Kids usually love to see their

money grow in a piggy bank or
a real bank. However, parents
should also guide their spending. Saving involves not doing
something, i.e. spending. On
the other hand, spending is all
about doing, i.e. buying.
Most people focus on saving as a key first financial lesson. But I find that children respond better, and learn more,
by becoming smart spenders.
Making the decision to buy this
and not that hones a whole different set of skills than simply
stashing money.
In fact, smart spending actually leads to saving as children quickly learn that if they
want awesome Thunder trucks
and an Almost deck for their
skateboarding passion, they
have to save. The easiest way
to teach good spending habits
without being heavy-handed is
to pose this question: “How do
you want to spend your summer money?”

Simply initiating the conversation makes a child feel responsible and, indeed, powerful. This all-important question
raises all kinds of possibilities.
Often youngsters don’t differentiate between what they
want now and what they might
want later.
Parents can seed their
thoughts on spending by bringing the future into focus —
summer or winter holidays,
a big school trip or a visit to
grandparents. All might entail
spending — which means saving now.
Instead of divvying up summer money in the classic way
of spend, save, share, concentrate on allotting it to spending. Short, medium and longterm saving will flow
naturally out of this.
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With glowing hearts, we see the rise of credit history
Building a credit history in Canada is listed as one of the top
challenges facing thousands
of newcomers that settle here
every year, with many feeling
“overwhelmed” by it, according
to RBC Royal Bank research.
Almost one-fifth of newcomers (17 per cent), who have been
in Canada less than a year, say
they feel overwhelmed by all
the talk about the need for credit history.
That number more than
doubles to 43 per cent among
newer Canadians the longer
they are in the country.
“Our research shows new
Canadians understand that
building their credit history is
an important part of establishing their life in Canada, particularly when they are ready to
buy a car or house,” said Paul Sy,
director, Multicultural Markets,
RBC.

New Canadians

Almost one-fifth of newcomers (17 per cent),
who have been in Canada less than a year, say
they feel overwhelmed
by all the talk about the
need for credit history.
Misconceptions
abound
when it comes to credit building for newcomers to Canada.
Some believe your credit profile improves if you earn a lot
of money or that it depends on
your age. But lenders look at a
host of factors when you want
to borrow money, including
your credit history, ability to pay
bills and your total net worth.
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Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield trades in his moon boots and space helmet for cowboy boots and cowboy hat after he was named parade marshal for the 2013 Calgary Stampede. Candice Ward/for Metro

When it comes to choosing a
worthy candidate to lead one of
the largest parades in Canada,
the Calgary Stampede doesn’t
take the task lightly. Officials
say it takes someone pretty special to help kick off the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth.
“There are no real set

rules,” said Bob Thompson,
president and chairman of the
board for the Calgary Stampede. “A parade marshal can be
all sizes and shapes and, quite
often, we look to see what the
contemporary thinking is out
there and what is going on in
the world or in Canada that
would make an inspirational
parade marshal.”
Over the past 101 years of
the Calgary Stampede, parade

marshals have ranged from
royalty, political figures, athletes, musicians and Hollywood actors.
This year, retired Canadian
astronaut Chris Hadfield led
the charge by trading in his
moon boots for custom-made
cowboy boots.
“Hadfield had risen to the
top of the heap as a Canadian
doing what he was doing in
space,” Thompson said.

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for a second time and had a
few tips for any future parade
marshals.
“Be comfortable on a horse
and have fun,” he said.
“Talk to as many people as
possible. Every single person
you ever meet knows something you don’t know. Even on
a horse as a parade marshal,
I try and learn as much as I
can.”
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resonate with the public and
be admired. They need to like
to reach out to the public and
educate them, just like Hadfield has done.
“He has every quality to
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and is joined by the likes of
Pierre Trudeau, country singer
Wilf Carter, and Mickey Mouse.
“If you want to be in the
double club they are probably
going to have to command a
spaceship, and that is not that
easy to do,” he joked. “Be as
good and as useful of a Canadian as you can be. I am only
here because I worked hard as
a Canadian my whole life.”

Cowboy couture. Wide selection of traditional
western wear available on Stampede grounds
Krista
Sylvester
For Metro

Come Hell or High Water
T-shirts might not be readily available after flying off
the shelves, but there is still
plenty of cowboy couture to
get geared up in down at the
grounds.
If you are heading down to
the grounds and you haven’t
geared up yet, don’t fret, there
are a few stores at the park
that serve as one-stop shops,
including two Lammle’s Western Wear stores that sell diverse western wear.
Lammle’s Western Wear
supervisor Alina Cerminara
says the hot trend this year is
the Come Hell or High Water
shirts, which are so popu-

lar they are jumping off the
shelves.
“It’s a great cause that goes
to the flood relief so they’re
really popular and you see
people wearing them everywhere all over the grounds,”
she said. “At Sneak-a-Peek
night every single person
was looking for them, but we
didn’t have them yet. We got
them in the next day and we
mostly sold out right away, so
they’re very popular.”
There is also a wide selection of traditional western
wear with or without some
added flair, Cerminara said.
“We can really outfit the
whole set. We have a lot of
selection for cowboy boots,
Wrangler jeans, western shirts,
jewelry and, of course, whether you want a $20 cowboy hat

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Tina Kumick, supervisor at Lammle’s Western Wear, helps Arkady Huytan get decked out in an outfit for Stampede. Candice Ward/for Metro

or a $150 cowboy hat, we have
it all.”
The great thing about cowboy couture is there are different styles within the style, she
said.
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And don’t forget your belt
buckle. “We have a huge selection of belt buckles, from

Calgary Stampede buckles to
John Deere buckles to bottle
openers and everything in between,” Cerminara said.
The Calgary Stampede
store is still selling Hell or
High Water shirts as well as

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with proceeds going towards
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Kids will be the star of the
show Wednesday for BMO
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BMO Kids Day is a great
way for families with a large
number of children to get a
great deal at the gate as long
as they show up between 6-9
a.m. There will be free admission for children 12 and
younger and accompanying
adults, too.
But that’s not all, says Calgary Stampede spokesperson
Kurt Kadatz. There is also a
free breakfast from 8-9:30
a.m. and a free morning
show at the Grandstand from
8:15-10 a.m.

“It’s a great day to pack up
the kids, their siblings, cousins and the neighbours’ kids
and get out and have a great
time while saving a bunch of
money at the gate,” Kadatz
said. “You might have to get
up a little early, but it’s well
worth it.”
The BMO Kids Zone is the
place to be for entertainment
while BMO Thunder Sticks
will be distributed at breakfast while supplies last.
Stampede organizers say
Kids Day is all about making
the kids feel special.
“It’s just a fun day and
there is a lot to see at the
grounds for children. There

are so many awesome shows
they can check out at the
Coca-Cola stage, and, of
course, the SuperDogs are a
huge draw for kids and their
parents. It’s just a really great
time.”
Mark Cameron says he
plans to bring his three kids
and a niece to the Stampede
Wednesday purely for the savings at the gate.
“It just makes sense to get
up early and have a bite to eat
and get in for free,” he said.
“We’re saving a lot of money
by planning to go on Wednesday because the adults get in
for free, too. It’s great.”
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Music. Variety
is the spice of life
Krista
Sylvester

Coca-Cola stage lineup

For Metro

k-os will play the Coca-Cola stage
Thursday. Torstar News Service File

While some music fans are
disappointed that the Calgary
Stampede concert series at
the Saddledome is cancelled,
there are still plenty of musical acts at the grounds that
will have fans cheering and
clapping.
Nashville North and the
Coca-Cola stage are always
popular draws each year, according to stampede officials,
who say there is something
for everyone down at the
grounds.
“What’s great about the
Coca-Cola stage is the concerts are included in the gate
admission, which is a really
great value,” said Stampede
communications
manager
Kurt Kadatz. “And we have
such a great and diverse lineup this year that the variety
means there is something for
everyone.”
And, of course, everyone
loves Nashville North, not
only for its musical talent but

also the party atmosphere.
“It’s really unfortunate
we had to cancel the concerts, but we really feel like
we have other opportunities
for our guests to catch some
great music on the grounds,”
Kadatz said.
Stampede-goer Michelle
Laplante says she brings her
two kids to the concerts each
year.
“Every year there are one
or two acts the kids really

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want to see so it’s a perfect
opportunity for some fun
family time,” she said.
This year her kids are looking forward to Dragonette

and Hedley, she said.
“Oh, they just love it. It’s a
lot of fun and great to hang out
with the kids and watch some
entertainment together.”

And don’t forget other
stage favourites like Terry
Stokes the hypnotist and The
Science of Superdogs, which
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Stampeders QB
black and blue
all over again
CFL. Nursing a strained
forearm, Tate takes
part in practice but
refrains from throwing

Drew Tate stands on the sideline with ice on his arm during Friday’s game
against the Roughriders in Regina. The Stampeder quarterback is dealing
with a strained forearm. LIAM RICHARDS/THE CANADIAN PRESS

The health of Drew Tate is in
question again.
After overcoming an injury-riddled 2012 season, the
Calgary Stampeders quarterback is dealing with another
injury — a strained forearm
muscle in his throwing arm
this time.
Tate was on the field for
Monday’s practice at McMahon Stadium. He worked
on his footwork, but did not
throw the football.
Head coach and general
manager John Hufnagel said
Tate’s status was day-to-day.
The coach wasn’t sure Tate
would be able to play Friday
in Montreal against the Alouettes.
“We have to let it settle
down,” Hufnagel said. “We’ll
see how long it will take to
get him back on the field
throwing.”

Feeling the pain

The 27-year-old played
an excellent first half in
Regina on Friday. A pair of
touchdown throws and 222
passing yards against the
Riders paced the Stamps to
a 21-14 lead at halftime.
• But Tate struggled in
the second half and
Stampeder penalties also
aided a Saskatchewan
comeback.

Calgary and Montreal both
started the season 1-1.
Tate did not finish Friday
night’s 36-21 loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders, leaving with about five minutes
remaining.
Veteran backup Kevin
Glenn cleaned up in Regina,
while Tate stood on the sidelines with an ice pack on his
arm.
“There’s a little pain there,
but we’ll see tomorrow, see
how it feels,” Tate said following Monday’s practice.

“Am I confident I will be
able to play in Montreal? I’m
confident if I am called upon
to play, I will play very confidently. If they tell me to go in
there, I’m going to fire that
ball.”
Tate’s first full season as
Calgary’s No. 1 pivot in 2012
was interrupted by injuries,
starting with a separated
shoulder in Week 2.
Subsequent surgery and
rehabilitation sidelined him
for all but the final two games
of the regular season.
He then fractured a bone
near the wrist of his throwing arm in the West Division
semifinal win over Saskatchewan.
Glenn was Calgary’s starter in the division final victory
over the B.C. Lions and in the
Grey Cup loss to the host Toronto Argonauts.
Tate said he began feeling pain in his arm a month
ago, but completed 19 of 27
pass attempts and threw
three touchdowns in a 44-32
season-opening win over the
Lions on June 28.
THE CANADIAN PRESS

A pumped-up Dana White
headed to the gym Monday
morning and started planning
Silva-Weidman 2.
“It will be the biggest fight
we’ve ever done in the UFC,”
the UFC president told The Canadian Press from Las Vegas.

MLB

Biggest because Chris Weidman upset Anderson Silva on
Saturday night in Las Vegas.
And because of the manner in
which the middleweight champion was dethroned.
The 38-year-old Silva, who
had won all of his 16 previous
Hockey Hall of Fame

Davis headlines
Home Run Derby

Lamoriello hopeful
this is Burns’ year

Baltimore Orioles slugger
Chris Davis, who leads the
majors with 33 homers, will
be one of eight participants
in the Home Run Derby next
Monday night during All-Star
festivities at Citi Field.
Davis, Robinson Cano,
Prince Fielder and a player
yet to be announced will rep-

Lou Lamoriello gets chills at
the suggestion that Pat Burns
could be inducted into the
Hockey Hall of Fame some
three years after his death.
“He loved the game, was
very successful at what he
did,” the New Jersey Devils
general manager said of the
late head coach. “I would be

Chris Davis GETTY IMAGES FILE

resent the American League.
David Wright, Bryce
Harper, Carlos Gonzalez and
Michael Cuddyer will go to
bat for the National League.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

UFC fights, clowned his way to
a loss. As he had done in other
recent bouts, he dropped his
hands and egged his opponent to hit him. In the past, his
reflexes had kept him out of
harm’s way. But this time Silva
got clocked in the second round
just ecstatic if Pat went in.”
The 2013 class will be announced Tuesday, and Burns
is one of a few borderline
candidates again, joining
the likes of two-time Stanley
Cup-winning Philadelphia
Flyers coach Fred Shero and
Hart Trophy-winner Eric
Lindros. A couple of the best
defencemen of the 1990s
— Chris Chelios and Scott
Niedermayer — are favoured
to get in, but after that it’s up
for debate. THE CANADIAN PRESS

and went down. Referee Herb
Dean stepped in after Weidman
got in a flurry of blows on the
champ as he lay on his back.
White called UFC 162 the
most-pirated event in the organization’s history.
THE CANADIAN PRESS

NHL

“There’s
still times
that you
can go out
and get
a hit and
get big hits that are
clean.”
Forward Matt Cooke, saying he wants
to shed his dirty player image with his
new team, the Minnesota Wild.

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Libra

Aries

Sept. 24 - Oct. 23
Be nice to people today but
don’t go too far or they may
see it as a sign of weakness. On
the work front especially, you
need to look and sound as if
you know what you are doing.

March 21 - April 20
What you have to do today will
only be a chore if you think of
it as a chore. Remember too
that although your head may
be full of big ideas, it’s taking
care of the little things that
makes a difference.

Scorpio

Taurus

Oct. 24 - Nov. 22
There is no point getting
involved in a fight you are
unlikely to win. It’s all about
percentages: If the odds are
stacked against you then why
waste time and energy trying
to improve them? Move on.

April 21 - May 21
You may be a bit old-fashioned
in some things but in others
you are light years ahead of
everyone else and what you
dream up today could make
you a fortune tomorrow.

Gemini

Sagittarius

Nov. 23 - Dec. 21
The planets warn this is not a
good day to take chances with
money. Mercury’s deceptive
influence will encourage you
to take a risk that could end in
disaster. Steer clear.

May 22 - June 21
If you are happy with the
direction your life is moving
that’s great. If, however, you
think there is a better route to
where you want to go then
maybe you should make
changes. Think about it today.

Capricorn

Cancer

Dec. 22 - Jan. 20
What starts out as a simple
conversation could quickly
degenerate into a severe
disagreement, but now you
know that you will resist the
urge to tell people why they
are wrong and you are right.

June 22 - July 23
The planet Mercury rules
reason and common sense but
as it is currently moving
retrograde through your sign
it’s quite likely that your
thinking is a bit mixed up.

Leo

Aquarius

July 24 - Aug. 23
Yesterday’s new moon gave
your confidence a boost but
there is still a lot of hard work
to be done before your number one dream can come true.
Remember you live in the real
world, not a dream world.

Jan. 21 - Feb. 19
You may have checked the
facts of a situation already but
check them again. Today’s
Sun-Mercury link makes it easy
to overlook something small
that is of huge importance.

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